1st Samuel 17: 49 And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.
Again, when David slew the Philistine Goliath, that rock which he used represented Christ, but many persons only see David with his sling, as if someone can use a slingshot to shoot a stone that would then penetrate a helmet of brass and sink deep into the forehead of some giant.
For this to occur, the stone David used would have to be travelling faster than the speed of a bullet, in order to shatter the brass helmet, and fracture the giant’s skull, and no slingshot, whether from the Caribbean, or any other place for that matter, can ever come close to doing so. It was Christ, The Rock who killed Goliath, and David was only the visible human agent.
Yet most songs and nursery rhymes, which treat on the incident in question, put the focus on David and The Rock is hardly, if ever mentioned. But when the Scripture is studied line upon line, and precept upon precept we would discover the real, and only Rock, working in the shadows, to defeat satan’s purposes, as represented in the giant.
1st Samuel 17: 45 Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. 46 This day will the Lord deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcasses of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!